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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin ecce ha. Compare French çà.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ça
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ça” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ça”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “ça” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ça” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Contraction of cela.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /sa/
- (Canada) IPA(key): [sɑ], [sɔ]
audio (France) (file) audio (Quebec) (file) - Homophones: çà, ç'a, sa
Pronoun[edit]
ça
- (informal) that
- J'aimerais ça. ― I'd like that.
- (informal) this
- Je veux ça. ― I want this.
- it
- Ça va. ― It's okay.
- used to indicate actions happening generally without specifying an agent, like on but with a greater suggestion of mass, generalized, unattributable, or confused action; people
- Partout ça criait, ça hurlait, ça se battait.
- There was shouting, screaming, fighting everywhere.
- (Louisiana) they
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
ça m (uncountable)
Further reading[edit]
- “ça”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)
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